Obesity and related disorders constitute the greatest threat to global human health. According to a recent report by the World Health Organization, there are >1 billion overweight adults worldwide ...

This work reveals a new mechanism by which brown fat is converted into heat, and which protects from pathologies associated ...

Explore the benefits of brown fat for exercise performance and healthy aging. Learn how this unique fat tissue can help you ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University have identified a liver-derived protein, serine protease inhibitor A1 (SerpinA1), as a ...

Experiments showed that when mitochondrial protein MCJ is removed from obese mice the animals produce more heat and lose ...

Recently, another type of cells called brown-in-white (BRITE) or beige cells, in white adipose tissue (WAT) have been found.3 BRITE cells possess a multilocular morphology, enriched mitochondria and ...

Obesity, which affects 650 million people worldwide, influences the development of cardiometabolic diseases and increases the risk of cancer.

Losing weight is a goal that many people often feel is impossible to achieve. Dieting demands strict guidelines, and workouts ...

White adipose tissue mostly stores energy, while brown fat (its cells have more mitochondria and that gives them a brown hue) is responsible for heat generation or thermogenesis, the process that ...

Obesity, which affects 650 million people worldwide, influences the development of cardiometabolic diseases and increases the ...